Don't Get Drunk -- Get Rich

No coffee for you this morning. June 17, 2014     Don't Get Drunk -- Get Rich   Does bourbon beat beer? Rise of the microbrews Plus: The stress of new market highs   Greg Guenthner coming to you from Baltimore, MD... Greg Guenthner No coffee for you this morning. Instead, you should crack a beer to go along with your corn flakes. Just relax-- it's time to talk booze stocks... Alcohol has taken off in a big way over the past couple of years. The world has developed a thirst for some of the finer brands of whiskey and bourbon, helping spur a new era of growth in this established industry. You've probably heard that Japanese whiskey and beer maker Suntory Holdings bought Beam Inc. for $16 billion. And that's just the first of many moves that could take place in the booze biz as premium brands push for growth. Irish whiskey maker Jameson is even building a brand new facility to help it compete with the likes of Jack Daniels. According to Bloomberg, the new distillery is part of Jameson's goal of doubling sales to more than $1.4 billion by 2020. The bourbon market is red-hot. Bourbon accounts for 35% of all domestic spirit sales. Overseas demand is even more compelling, with bourbon currently experiencing triple-digit sales growth outside the US. Japan, Australia and some emerging markets are also becoming major growth hotbeds. But what about beer? Microbreweries are making noise in this $100 billion industry. In fact, all of the beer industry headlines are centered around the growth of pricey microbrews. These little breweries are popping up everywhere. According to the Brewers Association, more than 2,800 breweries operated in the U.S. last year. That's the highest total since the 1870s. But as it turns out, the major brewers are still proving to be valuable investments... Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE:TAP) is trouncing the market this year. This mega-brewer is up almost 29% since January 1st. Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD), while posting year-to-date returns that are more in-line with the S&P, still commands a powerful long-term uptrend that has been in effect since early 2012. Both of these brewers are solid "buy the dips" opportunities. Bourbon and beer are booming industries that are pushing to take advantage of the world's newfound thirst for premium brands. I'm revealing my favorite beer play in today's PRO. Click here for the details...         The Secret to Turn $5,000 Into More Than $367,023 A middle-class Maryland woman recently discovered this move along with five others the rich use to amass generational wealth. Turns out you can use them too! Click here for details.           Rude Numbers Targets, Predictions and Wild Guesses   $12 million was just raised by bitcoin security platform BitGo, according to MarketWatch. The BitGo platform operates an online wallet for bitcoin users... $50 billion is how much India's e-commerce market will be worth by 2020, according to Walmart. The retail giant just opened an e-commerce site to supply Indian merchants, according to Bloomberg... 14 initial public offerings are set to hit Wall Street before the week is up. More than 120 IPOs have priced in the U.S. so far this year, according to Renaissance Capital... $1,265 marks the price of gold futures this morning. The yellow metal finished lower yesterday for the first time in more than one week. It's down more than $10 in early trading today. Meanwhile... 1,930 is where you'll find S&P futures early this morning. Stocks are looking to begin today's trading session where they left off Monday...     Rude Trends When to Buy... When to Sell   "Many investors are wondering when to sell right now," Jonas Elmerraji reports from our trading desk. "With the S&P 500 pressing up against all-time highs this week, pretty much anyone who's bought stocks in the last 19 months is sitting on gains, wondering how high stocks can go from here." That--and there's no shortage of talk about a potentially nasty correction hiding in the shadows... "It's stressful," Jonas continues. "We don't have to concern ourselves with those kinds of questions, though -- we just buy when the traffic light turns green and sell when it turns red." You can remove your emotions from the trading equation, too. Click here to find out how... [Ed. Note: Send your feedback here: rude@agorafinancial.com - and follow me on Twitter: @GregGuenthner]     Ignore At Your Own Peril Today's Must Read Links   How to Become Your Own "Banker" [must see] World's Most Valuable Tech Companies for 21-Cents? 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